*** Source: History and Business Directory of Humboldt County, Lillie E. Hamm, November 1890, Eureka, Cal. *** ---page 009--- Beacons and Buoys. COAST NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO. Northward along the Coast to Point Reyes Compass bearings and Depth at GENERAL REMARKS Number, Description of distances of prominent lowest tides, (NOTE:--Bearings and course are magnetic,) Name of station or Color of aid if a buoy. mark or aid. objects from the aid. in feet and distances expressed in nautical miles.) locality of aid. POINT REYES White; lantern, ..... Sixteen-sided tower Point Boneta Light-House, ..... A flashing white light; interval between LIGHT-STATION black 23 feet high; dwell- E. 3/4 S. about 26 miles. flashes, 5 seconds: visible 24 miles. On the ing, white; 215 feet Farallon Light-House, S. by pitch of the western head of th- -oint Fog- higher than base of E. 3/4 E., about 18 miles. signal is a steam-siren, giving blasts of 5 tower. Fog-signals Point Arena Light-House seconds at intervals of 70 seconds. and out-buildings, N.W. 1/4 W., about 67 miles. white; about 100 feet lower down, on a cliff. POINT ARENA White; dome of ..... Conical tower, 100 feet Cape Mendocino Light-House, ..... A fixed white light, visible 18 3/4 miles; 100 LIGHT-STATION. lantern, high; white dwelling, N. W. 3/4 N., 96 miles. yards from the northwest extremity of the gallery, 60 feet in rear of Point Reyes Light-House, point. The nearest prominent point of the balustrade tower. Fog signal, S.E. 1/4 E., about 67 miles. coast to the northward is one lying 5 miles and band, low building, 363 north of Mendocino city, and bears N. N. black. feet west of tower, W. 1/3 W., distant 25 miles. Between that white. point and the light-house there is a bend in the sea-coast, and in that bend the light will be visible off all the harbors and anchorages that are not beyond its range of visibility. Fog-signal is a steam-whistle, giving blasts of 5 seconds at intervals of 25 seconds. Fort Bragg Black and white ..... Whistling buoy. Half-mile W. S. W. of 120 Opposite Fort Bragg entrance, in range with Landing. perpendicular entrance. Black Spar Buoy on end of reef and the stripes wharf, 30 miles about Point Arena, 50 miles below Point Gorda. It can be passed close-to on either side. The whistle is sounded by the action of the sea, and gives from 20 to 80 blasts a minute. (Pilots and masters of vessels are requested to notify the Light-House Inspector if this buoy should drift from its position, or fail to work satisfactorily.) CAPE MENDOCINO White, dome ..... A sixteen-sided tower, Blunt's Reef, W. 3/4 S., ..... A flashing-white light; intervals between LIGHT-STATION balustrade 20 feet high: white 3 miles. flashes, 30 seconds; visible 28 miles. On and lantern, dwelling, 150 feet Humboldt Light-House, western slope of Cape Mendocino. black. E.S.E. of tower. N. 1/4 W., 23 miles. Blunt's Reef Black and white ..... Whistlign buoy Cape Mendocino Light-House, 150 About a mile W. by S. of the outer rock. perpendicular E. 3/4 N., 3 3/4 miles. Can be passed close-to on either side. The stripes Outer rock of reef, E. by N., whistle is sound by the action of the sea, 1 mile. and gives from 20 to 30 blasts a minute. (Pilots and masters of vessels are requested) to notify the Light-House Inspector if this buoy should drift from its posiition, or not work satisfactorily.) Entering Humboldt Bay, California, to Eureka and to South Bay. SAILING DIRECTIONS.--There is usually about 12 feet at low water on this bar. As the bar is constantly changing, no sailing directions can be given. The locality may be easily recognized by a remarkable red bluff facing the entrance, and by a first-class whistling buoy just outside the bar, W. 1/4 S., 1 9-10 miles from Humboldt Light-House. A stranger shoudl not, under any circumstances, attempt to cross the bar without a pilot. There are several powerful tugs here under charge of skillful pilots who take vessels in. The Mid-Channel Buoy is not to be depended upon, as the bar constantly shifts. Outside Bar Black and white ..... Whistling buoy Humboldt Light-House, 96 About 1 mile outside the bar, in hard sandy perpendicular E. 1/4 N., 1 9-10 miles. bottom. Good anchorage around it, while stripes Red Bluff, S. E. by E. 3/4 E. waiting for pilot. As the bar is frequently shifting, do not attempt to cross without a pilot. The whistle is sounded by the action of the sea, and gives from 20 to 30 blasts a minute. (Pilots and masters of vessels are requested to notify the Light-House Inspector if this buoy should drift from its position, or not work satisfactorily.) Mid Channel Black and white ..... 2d-class can buoy ..... 60 Placed just outside the breakers. Owing to perpendicular the frequent changes of the bar, no bearings stripes can be given for this buoy. HUMBOLDT White: dome ..... A conical tower, 45 Bar Buoy, W. 1/4 S., a little ..... A fixed white light, visible 12 3/4 miles. On LIGHT-STATION of lantern and feet high, on white less than 1 9-10 miles. the nroth side of the entrance to Humboldt balustrade dwelling. Harbor. It is three-fourths of a mile from the black. inlet, and about midway between the sea and bay shores. Of very little use as a day- mark after entering the bay. Fog-signal is a steam-whistle, giving alternate blasts of 4 and 8 seconds, at intervals of 24 seconds. Blast, Interval, Blast, Interval, Thus: 4 sec. 24 sec. 8 sec. 24 sec. ---end---